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G. W. SCOTT.

CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED EEB. 3. 1921.

Patented sept. 20,1921.

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CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Application led February 3, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in side curtain supports intended for supporting the curtains from the doors of a motor vehicle body so that the curtains will 'open and close with the doors, the invention particularly relating to improvements upon the construction described in my Letters Patent No. 1,350,471 dated August 24, 1920.

The object of my invention is to simplify and make more effective the construction of devices of this kind, particularly that part thereof which attaches the curtain sup-port to the door.

In my prior patent referred to there is employed a metallic socket which is attached to the inner side of the door, the socket being formed partly by integral wings bent from a sheet metal blank with the wings deposed on the outer face of the blank. In the use of such an arrangement, it has been found that the strain brought upon the shank which fits in this tapered socket has a tendency to spread the wings thereby causing a loose it between the shank and the socket, with consequent rattling of the parts. My improved construction is designed to overcome this diiiiculty by sovforming the socket member that the wings will, when the socket member is applied to the door, rest firmly against the face of the door, so that any strain will be resisted by the door, thus preventing the wings from spreading and maintaining the socket in its correct shape to receive and tightly hold the shank of the support.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of the inner side of a portion of a vehicle body and one of its doors showing my improved curtain sup-- port applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the inner side of the socket member, showing a portion of the curtain support and its shank.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modification in the form 0f the shank.

Specification of Letters Patent?" Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 442,252.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. 1Figc. 6 is a section on the line 6--6 of leferring to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the vehicle body; 2 the wooden frame of one of the doors; 3, the outer panel of the door; 4, a covering of leather or other material for the inner side of the door; and 5, a metallic strip which covers the upper edge of the door.

In installing the curtain support, there is secured to the inner face of the door a socket member which is formed from a single piece of sheet metal, 6 representing the main body portion, 7 side wings formed integrally therewith and 8 integral perforated ears by which the socket member is Secured to the door by screws or other suitable fastening devices. The main body portion is bent to a V-shape as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the side wings 7 are bent inwardly toward each other so that their outer faces will eX- tend parallel with the plane of the inner face of the door when the socket is applied to the door; in other words, these wings will lie flat against the surface of the door.

It will be observed also that these parts of the socket blank which forms the ears 8 are bent so that they will lie in the same plane as the wings 7 to enable the wings to fit the face of the door as in the manner before explained. The socket member is so shaped that the socket form therein will be of a tapered nature and this tapered socket receives the tapered shank 9 of the curtain support 10; the curtain being represented at 11. As in my prior patent referred to, the support is formed with two-right-angled bends 10FL and 10b to enable the main portion thereof to project upwardly from the outer' side of the forward edge of the door. In Figs. 1, 2, 8, and 5 the shank 9 is shown as formed integrally with the support 10, while in Figs. 4t and 6 the shank is shown as a separate member 12 having a split sleeve portion 13, the walls which are drawn together by a bolt 14 to clamp the end of the support, 10, which in this case will be the part 10a.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with a hinged door, of a sheet metal socket member secured to the inner side of said door, the body of said member being bent to form clamping porsocket7 and perforated portions to receive tions comprising wings which lie against fastening devices, said inner Wall portion the surface of the door to prevent Spreading. and said perfo-rated portions all lying in 2. In a structure of the character desubstantially the saine plane so that said 5 scribed, the combination, With a hinged inner Wall portions Will lie against the face 15 door, of a sheet metal socket member seof the door to prevent spreading. cured to the inner side of Sad door, said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set socket member Consisting of a main portion my hand this 20th day of January, 1921.

to form the outer Wall of the socket, side 10 Wings bent to form the inner Wall of the GEORGE W. SCOTT. 

